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Wesley Wright Notches Win for Astros
Kyle Galdeira
04/04/08
Former Hawaii Winter Baseball pitcher Wesley Wright notched
his first career major league victory this afternoon for Houston as the Astros nipped the Chicago
Cubs, 4-3, at Wrigley Field.
Wright, a member of the North Shore Honu in 2006, notched
the victory after tossing 1/3 of an inning in which he got Felix Pie to ground
out to end the seventh inning, and end the Cubs’ rally. Houston added two runs in the top of the
eighth, and Wright got credit for the win as he was the pitcher of record for
the Astros.
The outing marked Wright’s second appearance of the young
season, and the 23-year-old maintained his perfect 0.00 ERA. The Montgomery, Ala. native
is ranked as the Astros’ top left handed pitching prospect by Baseball America,
and the publication also picked Wright as the organization’s No. 21 overall
prospect.
Wright originally came up through the Los Angeles Dodgers
organization, but came to Houston
via the Rule 5 draft this winter. This means that Wright must remain on the
Astros’ active roster all year, or else Los
Angeles will have the option of buying him back via waivers.
As a young hurler, Wright should continue to see limited action as a valuable
left handed specialist out of the bullpen.
